The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.' The grand son thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: 'Which wolf wins?'

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

WHAT AN AMAZING STORY OF THIS YOUNG (AUSTRALIAN) MAN'S INNER STRENGTH AND COURAGE!

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My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used mytestimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born withoutlimbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". Asyou can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles. "Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."

....To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As myparents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knewthat verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 inMelbourne (Australia), the last two words on the minds of my parents was"Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There wereno warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked andhad no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this hadhappened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like anyother baby. The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutelydevastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would God letsomething this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" MyDad thought I wouldn't survive for very long, but tests proved that I was ahealthy baby boy just with a few limbs missing.

Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kindof life I'd be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and couragethrough those early years and soon after that I was old enough to go toschool.

The law in Australia didn't allow me to be integrated into a main-streamschool because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Momthe strength to fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the firstdisabled students to be integrated into a main-stream school.

I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, butit was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable timesof feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. Itwas very hard for me to get used to, but with the support of my parents, Istarted to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome thesechallenging times. I knew that I was different but on the inside I was justlike everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn'tgo to school just so I didn't have to face all the negative attention. I wasencouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends byjust talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just likethem, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.

There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn't changethe way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School andlearned that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood thatlove to a point as a child, but I didn't understand that if God loved me whydid He make me like this? Is it because I did something wrong? I thought Imust have because out of all the kids at school, I'm the only weird one. Ifelt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the betterit'd be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a youngage, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were alwaysthere to comfort me and give me strength.

Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteemand loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story andexperiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they have in theirlife and let God turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire others tolive to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way ofaccomplishing their hopes and dreams.

One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things forgranted.

"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who loveHim."

That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I knowthat there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad"things happen in our life. I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in ourlife unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life toChrist at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that thereason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealedthrough Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a greattestimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom tounderstand that if we pray for something, if it's God's will, it'll happenin His time. If it's not God's will for it to happen, then I know that Hehas something better.

I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and inways others can't be used.

I am now twenty-three years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commercemajoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivationalspeaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony whereveropportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to andencourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. I amalso a speaker in the corporate sector.

I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available forwhatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.

I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I wantto become the best witness I can be of God's Love and Hope, to become aninternational inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in bothChristian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independentby the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me todrive and to be interviewed and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"!Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope tofinish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms,No Legs, No Worries!"

I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and ifit's God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continuallyput limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limitson God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing aboutthe Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead offocusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know thatit is God through us and we can't do anything without Him. Once we makeourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on?God's!